Jim Chalmers also confirmed he will visit China later this month.

This is probably a good thing for the government, because the transition to renewables isn’t going as well as it needs to

In this podcast we talk with Wayne Swan, the Labor Party National President. Swan was treasurer and deputy prime minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said he wanted to ‘revitalise and renew and refocus’ the commission with Barrett’s appointment, recognising that ‘productivity has evolved’.